A stand-up bar. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
He was talking about playing something called a stand-up bass. From Wordnik.com. [UNIFICATION] Reference
In many cities, a new technology called stand-up MRI is available. From Wordnik.com. [Going Mutant] Reference
He wasnt what you would call a stand-up guy. From Wordnik.com. [What Would Emma Do?] Reference
Doing stand-up in L.A. is like being a gunslinger. From Wordnik.com. [2005 OSCAR ROUNDTABLE] Reference
Friends thought she should become a stand-up comic. From Wordnik.com. [The New Islam] Reference
I'm not a laugh-a-minute person or a stand-up comedian. From Wordnik.com. [Shooting Sacred Cows] Reference
They don't compete on a stand-up basis with fossil fuels. From Wordnik.com. [OIL ISN'T GOING AWAY] Reference
WINSLET: Jamie, tell us about stage fright doing stand-up. From Wordnik.com. [2005 OSCAR ROUNDTABLE] Reference
"He is the salt of the earth" and a "totally stand-up guy.". From Wordnik.com. [Sunshine-State Scandal] Reference
Would he move into a successful, if low-key stand-up career?. From Wordnik.com. [Conan Says YES To TBS] Reference
Or in Amy's case, she'd become a stand-up comedienne at age 80. From Wordnik.com. ['Just Like High School'] Reference
Chappelle dropped out of high school to try stand-up in New York. From Wordnik.com. [FEARS OF A CLOWN] Reference
The government knew I did the stand-up thing and wouldn't say it. From Wordnik.com. ['I Was In It To Save Lives.'] Reference
Clintonista Franken is the most liberal of these stand-up satirists. From Wordnik.com. [Primary Comics] Reference
Devotees of Carey's stand-up act won't be surprised to see him working blue. From Wordnik.com. [A Kinky 'Regular Guy'] Reference
"He gets a lot of credit here for being a stand-up guy," says a senior aide. From Wordnik.com. [Taking The Heat] Reference
Their groundbreaking work in this period helped spark a new era in stand-up. From Wordnik.com. [The Boomer Files: The Way We Laughed] Reference
Angst oozes from the soul of New Yorker Paul Reiser, another former stand-up. From Wordnik.com. [PRIME-TIME MENSCH] Reference
Bob was a professional rabbi until he became a professional stand-up comedian. From Wordnik.com. [The Spiritual State: The Naked Graduate] Reference
"No problem," a company spokesman says, "American's fliers are all stand-up guys.". From Wordnik.com. [Buffett Takes It All With Him] Reference
"These were stand-up, in-your-face campaigns," says Democratic vice chair Lynn Cutler. From Wordnik.com. [REBELS WITH A CAUSE] Reference
A bone-dry stand-up comic, Katz created the series with multimedia animator Tom Snyder. From Wordnik.com. [What's Up, Doc? Don't Ask] Reference
What you care about is keeping company with Chili, a stand-up guy and a very funny man. From Wordnik.com. [A Hot Trio Of Gumshoes] Reference
He gets away with that because he is powerful, and because he's known as a stand-up guy. From Wordnik.com. [Moving Across Mediums] Reference
He appears like a stand-up comic in front of a mike stand, fielding questions from all comers. From Wordnik.com. [Dixie Donnybrook] Reference
"I tried laying off the stand-up, and I felt like I lost a primary connection," says Seinfeld. From Wordnik.com. [Jerry Seinfeld] Reference
Throughout the film, Yule cuts to Boston stand-up comic Jimmy Tingle satirizing the bluenoses. From Wordnik.com. [Transatlantic Travelers] Reference
"It was more like vaudeville, less like stand-up," says Albrecht, now a 49-year-old divorced dad. From Wordnik.com. [Hbo's Boldest Thoroughbred] Reference
A newspaper report once claimed that a trader had touched her rear while she was doing a stand-up. From Wordnik.com. [Hype Is Hip On Cnbc] Reference
But Jerry Seinfeld has sold out everywhere else he's taken his stand-up show, including London and Australia. From Wordnik.com. [He's Still The Master Of His Domain] Reference
Brad StonePERFORMANCEDivine ComedyNot many stand-up comics can count the Dalai Lama as one of their biggest fans. From Wordnik.com. [PERISCOPE] Reference
Instead he does the stand-up thing and tells the truth: "I'm not good enough yet to do full-blown psychological portraits.". From Wordnik.com. [Writers: Talented, Like Totally] Reference
Abandoning plans to become an electrical engineer, Shandling moved to Los Angeles in 1975, where he wrote sitcoms and performed stand-up. From Wordnik.com. [The Man Who Fired Himself] Reference
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